US Patent Issued to 7D SURGICAL on Aug. 18 for "Surface detection device with integrated reference feature and methods of use thereof" (Canadian Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,708,448, issued on Aug. 18, was assigned to 7D SURGICAL ULC (Ontario, Canada).

"Surface detection device with integrated reference feature and methods of use thereof" was invented by Adrian Mariampillai (Toronto).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems, devices and methods are provided for facilitating surgical guidance using a surface detection device. In some example embodiments, a trackable surface detection device is disclosed that includes, in a spatially-fixed relationship, a surface detection subsystem, one or more reference markers that are detectable by a tracking system, and an integrated reference feature that is detectable by t...